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Comcast announced Thursday it is pulling out of the bidding war with Walt Disney Co. for film and television operations of 21st Century Fox.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed notice Thursday that it will appeal federal District Judge Richard Leon’s ruling allowing telecom giant AT&T and content creator Time Warner’s merger to go through.

AT&T has been hit with a $5.25 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over several 911 emergency line outages in 2017.

Arguably the biggest winner of Tuesday’s court case was a man who was not directly involved. That would be Rupert Murdoch, the largest shareholder of Fox.

AT&T’s stunning and total victory over the government raises the question of whether antitrust law is capable of dealing with corporate titans in our digital era.

Judge Richard Leon’s much anticipated antitrust decision on the merger of AT&T and Time Warner is in. AT&T scored a total victory against the U.S. government.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s is planning to announce Tuesday in a federal court in Washington, D.C. his decision on whether AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner can move forward. The announcement is scheduled for 4 P.M. Tuesday.

A cell phone tracking company unintentionally leaked the real-time locations of millions of Americans due to a bug on their website.

AT&T said Friday that hiring Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was a “big mistake.” CEO Randall Stephenson sent a memo saying that while hiring Cohen was Done according to the law and entirely legitimate” their association was “a serious misjudgment.”

The Trump administration sued AT&T to block its acquisition of Time Warner after the telecommunications giant had made payments to a company created by Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) recommended usingantitrust laws to curb the “massive power” of Facebook and other technology companies during a Tuesday interview with SiriusXM hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak on Breitbart News Tonight.

Justice is investigating a potential plot to hinder a new technology called eSIM, short for embedded-SIM, the New York Times reported.

The Facebook scandal over selling customers’ deepest secrets for huge amounts of cash has accelerated signature-gathering efforts for a “Privacy Act” initiative on California’s ballot.

Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action is urging Amazon, Apple, and YouTube to cut ties with NRATV.

Under the plans being discussed with technology leaders, the government would promote a 5G network but not own or build it.

A clash arises between telecom players such as AT&T and Verizon against officials in the Trump administration’s national security team.

AT&T called for an “Internet Bill of Rights” and argued that Facebook and Google should also be subjected to rules that would prevent unfair censorship on their platforms.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said bonuses–up to $2,000–that companies are handing out as a result of President Trump’s tax reform plan are “crumbs” but praised former President Barack Obama’s $40 tax cut for workers in 2011.

Walmart will provide a one-time bonus, raise wages, and expand benefits to their employees in response to President Donald Trump signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Multinational telecommunications conglomerate AT&T is expected to lay off more than 1,000 American workers, including those in the Midwest and South, while the company continues importing foreign workers.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders had some fun with NBC reporters who questioned her on the tax plan and the government funding agreement.

Chuck Schumer attacked AT&T just hours before the telecommunications giant announced huge bonuses and domestic investment in America.

AT&T says that if President Trump signs the tax bill before Christmas, employees will receive a special $1000 bonus over the holidays.

California’s Democrat-controlled legislature is again leading the so-called “resistance” to President Donald Trump — this time, by planning to reinstate Net Neutrality rules repealed by FCC’s Republican majority last Thursday.

“[P]ersonally, I’ve always felt that that was a deal that’s not good for the country,” Trump said about the proposed merger. “I think your pricing is going to go up. I don’t think it’s a good deal for the country.”

“Personally, I always felt that was a deal that’s not good for the country,” Donald Trump said of the AT&T merger with Time Warner.

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday to block the merger of telecommunications giant AT&T with Time Warner, the owner of HBO and CNN. Here are the key takeaways.

The lawsuit to block the AT&T merger with Time Warner signals the start of an era of antitrust enforcement instead of regulation.

DOJ’s Antitrust division, under the leadership of just-confirmed Assistant Attorney General Makan Delhrahim, announced Monday it would file suit to stop the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner.

Democrats sought answers from Jeff Sessions about conspiracy theory allegations regarding the AT&T-Time Warner Merger.

AT&T plans to ask a court for any communications between the White House and the Justice Department about the telecommunication giant’s acquisition of Time Warner if the government attempts to block the merger, Bloomberg reports.

President Donald Trump suggested he was still concerned about the conglomeration of media outlets under one corporate head.

The Justice Department has made several demands of AT&T and Time Warner to win its approval of their merger.

A report claims that the Justice Department is considering an anti-trust lawsuit that could block AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner.

Why have activists on the right and left joined together to oppose the AT&T-Time Warner merger? After all, there have been plenty of big mergers in the last few decades, most of which have attracted little controversy. So what is it about this particular deal?